Oman’s telecoms sector is undergoing significant changes given the licensing of five resellers earlier this year, and a move to award a second fixed-licence concession before the end of the year. Below are the metrics of Oman’s telecoms sector so far in 2008
Handset manufacturers’ performance Q208
October 1st, 2008 — Issue 4 October 2008
* Results for Samsung’s Telecommunications Business which is predominantly comprised of Handsets division NB for all graphs: Currency conversion rates to US dollars are as of August 7, 2008.
Alcatel-Lucent workers call Russo and Tchuruk to lose bonuses
September 25th, 2008 — Issue 4 October 2008, News
More than 6,000 Alcatel-Lucent employees are calling for outgoing CEO Patricia Russo to forego her golden parachute severance payments worth more than US$9.4 million, and for chairman Serge Tchuruk to give up his merger bonus received in 2006.
Palm extends losses to five quarters
September 25th, 2008 — Issue 4 October 2008, News
Smartphone manufacturer Palm has posted a fifth successive quarterly loss for the three months to end-June 2008, of US$41.9 million, despite increasing quarterly device sales by 49 per cent year-on-year.
Sony Ericsson ups music ante
September 25th, 2008 — Issue 4 October 2008, News
Sony Ericsson and Telenor Sweden have teamed up to launch the handset manufacturer’s unlimited music download service ‘PlayNow Plus’ in the fourth quarter of this year, in direct competition to Nokia’s ‘Comes with Music’ service.
